with her tips on preparing the perfect turkey is sue smith. butter ball's talk line expert. live from butter ball's headquarters in illinois. i did not know, back then, sue, packing the stuffing is probably not the best idea for the stuffing, is it? >> a lot of people do like the stuff, but good question, you want to stuff just lightly and that'll bring me to my first golden tip, make sure you use that meat thermometer, make sure that stuffing gets to 165 and make sure that thigh meat gets the 180 and breast meat gets to 165, 170. >> and if someone stuffs it the night before, that's the worst thing you can do. do you stand by that? >> if you're going to stuff it, it's a great way to do it, it's tradition. if your mom's done it, you're going to stuff. but yes, you want to prepare it that morning and stuff it right before you put it in the oven. >> does it ferment or something if you do it overnight? you don't want can grow in there overnight, is that it? >> you don't. definitely do prep for food safety. techniques and stuff it right before. >> what if i want to do something d